Aurore Mathys, Jonathan Brecko, and Patrick Semal (2014)
Cost Evaluation of 3D Digitisation Techniques
In: 3D/4D Documentation in Cultural Heritage, ed. by Loannides M., Magnenat-Thalman N., Fink E., Yen A. & Quak E., pp. 17-25, EuroMed 2014, Digital Heritage: Progress in Cultural Heritage, Documentation, Preservation and Protection.
In the framework of the Belgian BELSPO AGORA 3D and DIGIT03
programs, we have evaluated 3D digitising technologies with regards
to the quality of the acquisition, the capacities and limitations of each
technique and also the direct cost of the different 3D digitisation
processes. It is on this latest topic that the paper is focused. In order to
evaluate the cost of 3D digitisation, we considered the time for the
digitisation, cost of the equipment and cost of the staff. Our
preliminary results show that the real cost by specimen depends on
the amount of specimens to digitise. Techniques that appear to be
low-cost can be the most expensive in the framework of massive
digitization programs, whilst more expensive equipment can be more
efficient in the long term. Therefore low-cost equipment is mainly
recommended for occasional digitisation or small series of
digitisations.
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